Burnt animal sacrifices and other offerings for broken ways do not make your heart glad.”
A voice from the sky spoke like distant thunder, “This is my much-loved Son, who makes my heart glad!”
But now I have received more than I need. My blanket has been filled with good things. The gifts that Walks with Beauty (Epaphroditus) brought from you are like a sweet-smelling smoke offering —a sacrificial gift, pleasing to the Great Spirit.
Walk the road of love, following the path of the Chosen One, who loved us and offered up his life to the Great Spirit like the smoke of burning sage.
For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away bad hearts and broken ways.